The argument that you can find meaningful code clusters in books other than the Bible — and the presentation of the Hanukah cluster — has done much to reduce the credibility of Bible codes in the eyes of many. In the case of some codes presented in bestselling books, this was appropriate, because it would be misleading to attach significance to clusters that are comparable to the Hanukah example. For this contribution, Dr. McKay is owed a debt of gratitude. However, when the Hanukah example is used to dismiss the potential validity of all Bible codes, it is totally inappropriate and unfounded. The skeptics will never be able to come up with a counter-example that would begin to compare with the Isaiah 53 cluster, no matter how hard they try, because it doesn’t exist. That will be made evident in this chapter.
Sherman, R. Edwin. Bible Code Bombshell (Kindle Locations 1847-1853). New Leaf Press. Kindle Edition.
Why do the odds get worse and worse as the ELS you are searching for gets longer? It is because, as the number of letters increases, the number of alternative “phrases” that can be found (instead of what you are looking for) increases dramatically. Every letter that is added multiplies the number of alternatives by a factor greater than 20 — because there are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet. Because of this, Dr. McKay was able to readily put together the Hanukah cluster as a counter-example — because all of its ELSs are quite short. If he had instead sought to find a cluster of lengthy ELSs from War and Peace, he would have had to work very hard and long to come up with anything of interest. Even then, most of his “codes” would most likely be classic examples of ELSs whose content was generally nonsensical. I doubt he would waste time trying to do this, because he is far too intelligent to believe that his findings will be at all impressive. In this chapter, we will compare the Hanukah cluster with the Isaiah 53 cluster. The results, detailed in table 4B, reveal the complete irrelevance of the Hanukah cluster as a counter-example of what can be found in a non-encoded text. We will also see how utterly improbable the Isaiah 53 cluster is.
Sherman, R. Edwin. Bible Code Bombshell (Kindle Locations 1893-1903). New Leaf Press. Kindle Edition.
This is a good book on the subject. You should read it.
I find the entire thing interesting.
I will look up the book and put it on my list.
I tend to be on the skeptical side, but my mind is open to all types of things.
Thanks